YOUTH ANIMATION

WHY FOCUS ON YOUTH

LAY PEOPLE, 12: Young people exert a very important influence in modern society.
The circumstances of their life, their habits of thought, their relations with their
families, have been completely transformed ....The growth of their social importance
demands from them a corresponding apostolic activity; and indeed their natural
character inclines them in this direction.
• They are more than half of the population
• The most generous time and so targeted by all.
• Best agents of change. Jesus Himself was a youth
• Possess a spontaneous zeal for the values like love unity, peace and justice.

ROLE OF ANIMATORS
Lay People 12: Adults should be anxious to enter into friendly dialogue with the
young, where, despite the difference in age, they could get to know one another and
share with one another their own personal riches. It is by example first of all and, on
occasion, by sound advise and practical help that adults should persuade the young to
undertake the apostolate. The young, on their side, will treat their elders with respect
and confidence; and though by nature inclined to favour what is new, they will have
due esteem for praiseworthy traditions.

7 STEPS IN YOUTH GUIDANCE

1. LOVE YOUTH: Know them, pray for them; attract and challenge.
2. BE NEAR THEM: Be positive, help them to have a fresh out look, use their
language and relevant dynamics.
3. INTRODUCE JESUS: Be their models to walk with Jesus; bring them to an
experiential knowledge of Jesus.
4. HELP THEM IN SELF DISCOVERY: They are individuals in need of growth,
unique persons. Give confidence, encourage initiative.
5. HELP THEM TO BE PART OF A NEW MOVE: Give them new friends, a new
culture, a movement to which they belong. Introduce them to cells, net working.
6. GIVE THEM A MISSION: Motivate them to reach out, evangelize, build a new
culture and world order
7. SUPPORT THEIR QUEST FOR A NEW SPIRITUALITY: Help them discover a
relevant expression of their faith drawing from the riches of the Church.

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BE A GOOD FACILITATOR
Are you in charge of a youth group/program?
Fulfil your role as a facilitator
• Help each person in the group to be his/her real self
• Build up proper relationship among the members of the group
• Motivate the group as a whole to move towards the goal

While dealing with groups

ATTENTION AFFIRMATION
Are you too long and boring? The person should have an
Are you using different dynamics experience of being loved
effectively? He must be helped to know his
Are you watchful of the others’ worth
response? The freedom and

uniqueness to be respected

INTERACTION
Is friendship and mutual acceptance LEARNING
growing?
Is the group atmosphere joyful and Learning is changing some behaviour
free? Where are they in respect to this matter?
Is the attitude of sharing and caring Where should they move to? What help
growing? needed?
Which is the best way to encourage this
change?

GOAL-ORIENTATION
Facilitator should have an idea of the goal.
Gp. members should gradually become aware of that.
Action-reflection-action will be a great help.

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 MASTER OF CEREMONIES
for
Youth Programs
ABC of MC'ing

Aloud - Does my voice reach to the end of the auditorium? Is my speech loud
and clear, but at the same time not too loud and irritating?

Brief - Do I clearly know what I am going to tell them? If needed will I be

able to say it in one sentence, in one minute or in three minutes?

Convincing - Do I have the clarity and conviction about my message? Have I

managed to get their full attention and co-operation? Have I thought
about their reservations?

A Program Co-ordinator
Interiories the vision of the project, discovering it in the context of
Jesus' plan for the Kingdom

Thinks about the before, during and after of the program, discerning
God's plan for the whole and the parts of the program

Plans the details of each session, considering in detail the who, what,
when and how. Intercede for each ingredient, so that the
Lord's guidance will be there.

Shares resposibilities effectively, with a team that shares in the

vision, thinking and planning, knowing that we are building up
missionaries for the Lord and His Church.

Delegates / assigns duties to different people, choosing them with

discretion, allocate roles with clarity of definition, reviewing and
assuring Implementation of the plans, making the whole exercise a
training in true Christian leadership.

Makes sure that the program has achieved its Goal, especially
through the communication of vision, mission and formulation
of future plans for the participants as a whole. The program
should be one step forward in forming volunteers to be the
Christian Presence in a troubled world.

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 WHILE HANDLING GROUPS
Be joyful! Don't preach. Don't try to teach. They have come to have a nice
time. Even if at your expense let them laugh. Be humorous.
Christianity is full of life. Be a witness.

Be sure of yourself. Have a clear plan and prepare well; but be ready to
change and adapt if the situation demands. Have your eyes, ears and
heart open to the group and for the Lord.

Avoid Clichés Don't use meaningless words and phrases. Use expressions
relevant to the group.

Use your creativity Familiarity generates monotony; boredom results in

resistance. Good News of Jesus can be so interesting and meaningful.

Be resigned to the Lord's will. In the Lord a failure is not a defeat and a
success, not a great thing. What we are doing is only one step forward
in God's plan for us and the Church.

ATTITUDES FOR AN ANIMATOR

1. These are the days of lay initiative. Learn the style of youth in focus and yourself
in the background.
2. Listen to the young person and her/his complex life situation. Love them and
intercede.
3. Give affirmation and feedback. Criticism and harsh corrections are
counterproductive.
4. Accept youth, even if they are leaders, with their limitations. Don’t over estimate.
5. Update your vision. As projects take shape, be present to reflect and grow with
them.
6. Their needs and growth are of utmost importance, not my vested interests and pet
projects.
7. In every youth group/project there is something unique that you can do. Do just
that.
8. Networking and small groups are the need of the hour. Learn to work with other
very different animators and their styles.
9. Have a long-term perspective, help them develop enduring systems of Christian
culture.
10. Be a person of integrity and strive towards holiness. Youth are in need of models.

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 J E S U S Y O U T H
With a joyous eagerness to see the advent of “ the Kingdom”, Jesus youth approach
the degeneration of the world around as a spiritual question requiring a holistic
solution.
Social change has to begin with a reconsideration of each one’s life and relation in the
light of the Gospel. With the new found friendship with Jesus and an empowering
experience of the Holy Spirit the person embarks on a journey of creative living,
building structures of love and sharing together with one’s friends.
Jesus Youth is a youth initiative rooted in Charismatic spirituality. It is quite an
informal endeavor to instill in youth a love for the Lord and His Church and to
encourage them to be Catholic presence in their fast changing world, using a language
that is relevant. They are equipped for this mission through their own friendship
groups and Cells.

CHARACTERISTICS
• Youth Initiative.
• A move, not an organisation.
• Jesus centered - starting with God experience.
• Built on personal prayer, word of God, Sacraments (Constants).
• Building loving communities (cells, Sharing groups etc.)
• Instilling in youth a deep love for the church.
• A sign of joyful contradiction.
• Moving with the times.
• Charismatic Spirituality (Baptism of Holy Spirit, charisms).
• Evangelistic life style.

TALENT-MISSION INITIATIVES
Well convinced that youth is a time of great generosity and creativity young people at
all levels are encouraged to do something good with Lord. Christianising the different
life situations of young people is the prime task they are encouraged to take up, as
they are the best influence on modern culture and in turn most affected by it. This has
resulted in the various ministries or organised evangalisation groups and styles under
the wide umbrella of Jesus youth. Some of them are...
Parish Ministry; Campus Ministry; Christeen
Out-reaches in slums, hospitals and colonies
Intercession Net works
Music, Audio-Visual and Art ministries
Youth for Life teams
Young Professionals Networks
The Rex Band and other youth out reach groups
Evangelisation formation teams; etc.

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CO-ORDINATION SETUP
Kerala is divided into 19 zones which in turn is divided into several sub-zones, each
having its own prayer groups and cells, all of which is coordinated by zonal and sub-
zonal teams. The Jesus Youth is very much active and growing outside Kerala in
places like Delhi, Bhopal, Indore, Bangalore, Bombay, Vizag, Madras, etc.
KYCT is the coordinating team for all Jesus Youth activities and it has its office at
Emmaus, Kalamassery.

NEW TRENDS
• Study groups
• Networking
• Talents for mission
• Committed volunteers

• Infiltration of mass media

• Specific initiatives and commitments

JESUS YOUTH WHERE TO?

Catholic presence
Rediscovery of culture
Lay participation
Integrating modernity and faith

Jesus Youth is relevant wherever young people have the eagerness to take appropriate
initiative for the Lord.
JESUS YOUTH

4 CHARACTERISTICS i Youth Initiative

ii Jesus Centred- prayer & God exp.
iii Today's language and answers
iv Charismatic Spirituality
-not organisation - Bp.of Spirit
-Charisms & ministries -evangelism
4 NEW TRENDS i Study Groups
ii Net Working
iii Talents for Mission
iv Committed Volunteers

JY - WHERE TO? i Catholic Presence

ii Rediscovery of Culture
iii Lay Participation
iv Modernity and Faith

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 PREPARING YOUTH WITH A MISSION

1. Persons or groups that attract and CHALLENGE the youth by being a joyful
sign of contradiction.
2. Help the youth to have a FRESH LOOK at the present-day world and culture
in the proper light.
3. Communicate using relevant DYNAMICS taking into consideration the pace,
complexity and culture in which they live.
4. MODELS, not advice, exert greater influence.
5. EXPERIENCE is the greatest teacher.
6. NEW FRIENDSHIPS that lead them towards a new culture and life style.
7. Being part of a MOVEMENT helps them to have a feeling of belongingness.
8. A constant effort to build up the individual in relation to the VALUES of the
Gospel and the PERSON OF JESUS.
9. Constant encouragement to step out and REACH OUT in love and also with a
desire to introduce Jesus.
10. Help the person to acquire confidence knowing his uniqueness.
11. Encourage INITIATIVE in all its different forms.
12. Action-Reflection-Action. Plan follow up.
13. Guide them towards a NEW SPIRITUALITY.
14. Usher them into the RICHNESS OF THE CHURCH.

4 C's : TYPES OF YOUTH PROGRAMS

LEVELS RATIONAL PROGRAMS ANI--ROLE

CONTACT youth, problem - draw Games, quiz clubs, talks Facilitator, friend
youth to the Ch.
CONTENT knowledge to love study, discussion, Teacher, clarifier
seminar
COMMITMENT move towards a life Retreat, pray, exposure Motivator, guide
style pgm
COMMUNION fuller love of God & all above, sharing Loving presence
man

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 TIPS TO RELATE TO YOUTH CHARACTERISTICS
CHARACTERISTICS
1. Physical Characteristics. They grow rapidly.
Girls are about a year to 18 months ahead of
boys-They have alternating periods of energy
and fatigue.
2. Mental Characteristics: They like adventure
and discovery and have active imagination-
capable of serious thinking and have a new
ability to think abstractly & concretely. But
knowledge is growing faster than experience.
- They enjoy humour.
3 Social Characteristics want to be grown up
and independent of adults but still act childish
- want to belong to the gang and have a strong
sense of loyalty
- extremely self-conscious
- hero-worshippers
4. Emotional Characteristics emotions intense
and frequently fluctuate. have little control
since closely tied to changes in their body. –
feel that no one understands them
5. Spiritual Characteristics
- Want practical religion
- have religious doubts
- they seek ideals.
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HOW TO RELATE
Be patient with their clumsiness. activities not to
be too competitive or over-strenuous.
Don't mistake fatigue for laziness. they may be
doing their best.
Appeal to these traits. Help them to use these to
make their faith come alive. Guide them in
thinking through problems for themselves. Direct
them to Scriptures to find answers to tough
questions.
Learn to laugh with them. Use
humour.
Don't call them "children" Give responsibilities,
but don't be disappointed if they act irresponsibly.
Respect their peer loyalty. Expect cliques.
Encourage friendship. Direct their
Loyalty to the Lord.
Avoid teasing or sarcastic remarks. They'll take
them seriously. Show each one that you care about
as individuals
Be worthy of their respect, but don't set yourself on
a pedestal. You might fall off.
Make special efforts to under- stand them. Avoid
causing emotional disturbances. Don't schedule a
noisy game before a serious prayer time; they wont
settle down quickly. Take time to talk to each one
personally. Show them that you appreciate their
uniqueness.
Show that the life of the Church and Bible truths
are relevant to their situation.
Doubts are part of the growing process. Welcome
them as a sign that they are making their faith their
own and not just something handed on. Give
honest answers.
Direct this desire to Christ and the ideals He sets
for us in the Scripture.
 SELF ESTEEM
Christifideles Laici, 37.
To discover and make others rediscover the inviolable dignity of every human person
makes up an essential task, in a certain sense, the central and unifying task of the
service which the Church, and the lay faithful in her, are called to render to the human
family.
Maslov - 3 MAJOR ANTECEDENTS OF HIGH SELF-ESTEEM:
Respect and approval from other people;
Actual capacity, achievement, and success; and
Acceptance of and acting upon our inner nature.

Carl Rogers and his students have developed a scheme of the fully functioning
person, generally referred to as “Self theory”. Rogers summarises this theory in the
outline below:
A. The individual has an inherent tendency towards actualising his organism.
B. The individual has the capacity and tendency to symbolise experiences
accurately in awareness.
• A corollary statement is that he has the capacity and tendency to keep his
self-concept congruent with his experience.
C. The individual has a need for positive regard.
D. The individual has a need for positive self-regard.
E. Tendencies A and B are most fully realised when needs C and D are met. More
specifically, tendencies A & B tend to be most fully realised when
1. The individual experiences unconditional positive regard from significant others.
2. The persuasiveness of the unconditional positive regard is made evident through
relationships marked by a complete and communicated empathetic understanding
of the
individual’s frame of reference.
F. If the conditions under E are met to a maximum degree, the individual who
experiences these conditions will be a fully functioning person.

Self-esteem
A person lives essentially in his own personal and subjective world. The picture he
has of himself is a more important determinant of psychological adjustment and
effective behaviour than childhood (Psychoanalysis) or environmental (Behaviourism)
stimuli... A person sees the world through the filter of his self, and therefore his view
of self will colour and influence what he does and does not see, and how he sees that
which he does.

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ANTECEDENTS OF SELF ESTEEM
Coopersmith found 4 conditions most often leading to high self esteem in children.
1. Full acceptance of the child by his parents (Rogers’ unconditional positive
regard)
2. Clearly defined and enforced limits - a basis for the child to evaluate his
performance in terms of expectations & taboos.
3. Respect for the child as a person and willingness to take his wishes and needs
into serious consideration. Parents with children having high self-esteem are
willing to negotiate family rules within carefully drawn limits... Such parents
show positive regard through availability for discussion taking an interest in the
child’s friends and his social and academic life generally.
4. A high level of self-esteem in parents. It seems obvious that parents with high
self-esteem can fulfill the other three requirements.

HURDLES TO SELF ESTEEM

Some of the factors which bring about a feeling of being incompetent and unlovable
are:
- Overprotective parents who do so much for the child that he gets a message of being
incapable of doing anything for himself;
- excessive criticism which creates a feeling of “I can’t do anything right”;
- exaggerated praise which creates standards impossible to reach and subsequent
feelings of worthlessness;
- too many “don'ts” which make a child feel that everything he does is sinful and evil;
and
- lack of fundamental respect for the child as a person which gives him the feeling of
being unimportant and worthless.

RAISING SELF-ESTEEM
• Learning to accept oneself is a key building block in the structure of self-esteem.
One realistically assesses abilities and capitalises on strengths while recognising
weaknesses.
• Setting goals, making new contacts and risking new behaviour are ways of
utilising one’s potential.
• Since interpersonal relationships are among the most significant areas of
personal effectiveness, the atmosphere of trust and intimacy can provide an
ideal atmosphere for developing new interpersonal skills.
Stress should be places on the idea that one’s self-concept is learned and, therefore,
can be changed.

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GROW TOWARDS BEING FULLY HUMAN AND
FULLY ALIVE
1. Start an awareness journey
• God made each of us beautiful & adequate for our work in life. ‘God does not
create junk.’
• I can do nothing without Jesus - grow with Him
• Be like a child - Open, Desire to grow

2 By examining my distortions of reality

e.g.:
• I don't deserve to be happy when so many suffer
• loving myself is egoistic
• whatever I do must be perfect
• When someone comes to me with a problem I must solve it

3 By being gentle with myself

• Do I accept myself, my mistakes? Be delighted to be me Zeph. 3:16,17
• Am I aware of my feelings and accept them?
• We are never inadequate at being ourselves, but only trying to be someone else
• I must be patient with myself. God is at work.
4 Dismantle my negativity machine

• Inferiority Guilt Resentment Fear

5 By being gentle with others

• People act in ugly ways because they feel ugly about themselves. Cease to be
threatened by them. Accept them. They are in the image of God. Relate with
reverence .
• Help others perceive their real beauty, worth
• Affirming the people God brings into our lives > Use little ways to say ‘I
care’
• listen - praise - believing them best in them >noticing them as persons, not to
conform

Be loyal in keeping their good name and not my rights . . . forgive!

Conclusion
Do we put people off ‘private, do not trespass’ -be ready to take risks by
sharing - Start a movement of joy and creativity - This is the Good News of
Jesus. With Him begin this wonderful journey. ‘WE are an Easter people and
hallelujah is our song’.

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 QUOTATIONS
• 1- As you love yourself, so shall you love others. Strange but true, but with no
exceptions. Harry Stack Sullivan
• 2- If I am not for myself, who will be? Hillel
• 3- God doesn’t make junk. Marriage Encounter
• 4- Self-trust is the first secret of success Emerson
• 5- No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. Roosevelt
• 6- Who can say more than this rich praise, that you alone are you.
William Shakespeare
• 7- So much is a man worth as he esteems himself Rabelais
• 8- As soon as you trust yourself you will know how to live. Goethe
• 9- It is important to like yourself because wherever you go you are going to take
yourself along with you. Sidney Greenberg
• 10-It is more important to be human than important. Anon.
• 11-Nothing is a greater impediment to being on good terms with others than
being ill at ease with yourself. Balzac
• 12-At times nothing profits more than self-esteem grounded on just and right.
John Milton
• 13-If you can keep your head while all about you are losing theirs and blaming it
on you, if you can trust yourself when all men doubt you...then you’ll be a man
my son. Rudyard Kipling

SERENITY PRAYER
Reinhold Neibur
GOD GRANT ME THE
SERENITY
TO ACCEPT
THE THINGS I CANNOT CHANGE,
COURAGE
TO CHANGE THE THINGS I CAN.
AND WISDOM
TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE.

LIVING ONE DAY AT A TIME,

ENJOYING
ONE MOMENT AT A TIME,

ACCEPTING HARDSHIPS
AS A PATHWAY TO PEACE,

TAKING, AS JESUS DID,

THIS SINFUL WORLD AS IT IS,
NOT AS I WOULD HAVE IT BE,
KNOWING THAT HE WILL MAKE
ALL THINGS RIGHT
IF I BUT SURRENDERED TO HIS WILL
SO THAT I MAY BE
REASONABLY HAPPY IN THIS LIFE,
AND SUPREMELY HAPPY FOREVER
IN THE NEXT. AMEN.

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St. Nicholas of Flue:
My Lord and my God, take from me everything that distances me from you.
My Lord and my God, give me everything that bring me closer to you.
My Lord and my God, detach me from myself to give my all to you.

Prayer of St. Teresa of Jesus:

Let nothing trouble you / Let nothing frighten you
Everything passes / God never changes

Patience / Obtains all

Whoever has God / Wants for nothing

God alone is enough.

Song
If I were a butterfly, I'd thank you Lord for making my wings.
If I were a robin in the tree, I'd thank you Lord that I could sing.
If I were a fish in the sea, I'd wriggle my tail and giggle with glee.
But I just thank you Father for making me.

Ch: You gave me a heart. You gave me a smile.

You gave me Jesus and you made me your child.
And I just thank you Father for making me me.

If I were an elephant, I'd thank you Lord by raising my trunk.

If I were an octopus, I'd thank you Lord for my good looks.
If I were a crocodile, I'd thank you Lord for my good smite.
But I just thank you Father for making me me.

Clowns Prayer
(..In the museum gift shop there was this anonymous prayer..)
As I stumble through this life, help me to create more laughter than tears.
Never let me become so indifferent that I will fail to see the wonder in the eyes of a
child.
Never let me forget that my total effort is to cheer people, make them forget, at least
momentarily, the unpleasantness in their lives. And in my final moment, may I hear
you whisper:
“When you made My people smile, you made Me smile”.

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"When we need a labour union we go to our parish priest; when we need the
word of God we go to the (Protestant) pastor."
"In Latin America the Catholic Church has made an option for the poor and
the poor have opted for the Protestant Churches."
ICCRS Newsletter, sep.- Dec. '95.

EVANGELII NUNTIANDI of H. H. Pope Paul VI

What is Evangelization
18. ...The Church evangelizes when she seeks to convert, solely through the
divine power of the Message she proclaims, both the personal and collective
consciences of people, the activities in which they engage, and the lives and
concrete milieu which are theirs.

20. ...what matters is to evangelize man's culture and cultures always taking
the person as one's starting point and always coming back to the
relationships of people among themselves and
with God
The split between the Gospel and culture is without a doubt the drama
of our time, just as it was of other times.

21. Above all the Gospel must be proclaimed by witness. ....witness which
involves presence, sharing, solidarity, and which is an essential element, and
generally the first one, in evangelization.
All Christians are called to this witness, and in this way they can be
real evangelizers

22. Nevertheless this always remains insufficient, because even the finest
witness will prove ineffective in the long run if it is not explained,... There is no
true evangelization if the name, the teaching, the life, the promises, the
Kingdom and the mystery of Jesus of Nazareth, the Son of God are not
proclaimed. ... At every new phase of human history, the Church, constantly
gripped by the desire to evangelize, has but one preoccupation: whom to
send to proclaim the mystery of Jesus? In what way is this mystery to be
proclaimed? How can one ensure that it will resound and reach all those who
hear it?...

23. In fact the proclamation only reaches full development when it is listened
to, accepted and assimilated, and when it arouses a genuine adherence in
the one who has thus received it..... Such an adherence, which cannot remain
abstract and unincarnated, reveals itself concretely by a visible entry into a
community of believers. Thus those whose life has been transformed enter a
community which is itself a sign of transformation, a sign of newness of life,..
In the dynamism of evangelization, a person who accepts the Church as the
Word which saves normally translates it into the following acts: adherence to
the Church, and acceptance of the Sacraments, which manifest and support
this adherence through the grace which they confer.

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24. Finally: the person who has been evangelized goes on to evangelize
others. Here lies the test of truth, the touchstone of evangelization....

Evangelization, as we have said, is a complex process made up of varied

elements: the renewal of humanity, witness, explicit proclamation, inner
adherence, entry into the community, acceptance of signs, apostolic initiative.

NEW EVANGELIZATION

The Call "Look to the future with commitment to a New Evangelization, one
that is new in its fervour, new in its methods and new in its expression."
(Haiti, 1983)

"The Church can bear effective witness only where she is present as
humble servant of all in need. ... With eyes fixed on the beginning of a new
Christian millennium, the Church is called to renew her efforts to proclaim the
Good News of Salvation."
(Ad Limina Visit of Bishops of India, April 6 1989)

"The whole Church is missionary and the work of Evangelization is the

fundamental duty of the People of God." (Ad Gentes, 35)

REDEMPTORIS MISSIO

2... The commitment of the laity to the work of evangelization is changing

ecclesial life..
Difficulties both internal and external have weakened the Church's
missionary thrust towards non-Christians, a fact which must arouse concern
among all who believe in Church. For in the Church's history, missionary drive
has always been a sign of vitality, just as its lessening is a sign of a crisis of
faith. what moves me even more strongly to proclaim the urgency of
missionary evangelization is the fact that it is the primary service which the
Church can render to every individual and to all humanity in the modern
world,..

3....No believer in Christ, no institution of the Church can avoid this supreme
duty: to proclaim Christ to all peoples.

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MISSIONARY SPIRITUALITY

87. Missionary activity demands a specific spirituality, which applies in

particular to all those whom God has called to be missionaries.
- Being led by the Spirit: this spirituality is expressed first of all by a life of
complete docility to the Spirit...
- Living the mystery of Christ, "The One who was Sent":
88...intimate communion with Christ... The missionary is required to
"renounce himself and everything that up to this point he considered as his
own, and to make himself everything to
everyone"
- Loving the Church and Humanity as Jesus did: 89....marked by apostolic
charity... feel Christ's burning love for souls, and love the Church as Christ
did.
- The true missionary is the saint: 90.... call to holiness...let us remember the
missionary enthusiasm of the first Christian communities.

As I Am Sent Out

1. Appointed by the Lord Lk. 10.1

2. Sent on ahead of Him ,,
3. In two's - not alone
4. See the harvest - His vision 10.2
5. Pray
6. Lamb among wolves - know the world 10.3
7. Carry no purse - simple life 1.4
8. Say "Peace.." - Share the fruits of the Spirit 10.5
9. Remain in the same - take roots, deepen 10.7,8
10 Heal the sick - attend to the needs 10.9
11 Say "The Kingdom.." - Speak out the Good News 10.9
12 Rejoice that the Names are ... 10.20

ROMANS 10:9-17 -

Leading people to God-experience

1 A sending agency v.15
2 Community sends v.15
3 Proclamation v.14
4 Understanding v.14
5 Faith in Jesus v.14,9
6 Accepting as Lord v.14,9
7 Transforming exp. v.13,10

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